September 21, 2015

Flow: 410

Water Temp: 64-71

Well that was fun while it lasted. Over the weekend we enjoyed flows around 150 cfs for the first time since March. This was our opportunity to explore and see what the winter holds in store for us. The lower sections below Valco Bridge have been impacted by the 6000 cfs summer and the major weirs have lost sixty percent of their depth from fist sized rock and gravel.  The good news is; unequivocally the trout are still there. The morning bite has been the most productive in the lower section and we will continue to explore the newly changed riverbed.

The upper section is fishing very well and I can report one of the easiest 20+ day since the salad days when no one knew about the Ark tailwater. Trout took a plethora of patterns but the fly that seemed to elicit the come to jebus suicide strike was the rubber leg copper copper.

Tight lines,

Ben